Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Svazek 9R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... union to its centre . The evil of slavery was entailed on us by our fore- fathers ; it is the only stream of bitterness , from the fountain of kingly power , which has not been made sweet , by throwing into it the tree which the Lord ...
... union to its centre . The evil of slavery was entailed on us by our fore- fathers ; it is the only stream of bitterness , from the fountain of kingly power , which has not been made sweet , by throwing into it the tree which the Lord ...
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... union . In the arduous task which Mr. Lee proposed to himself , of breaking down that wall of proud and perfect separation , which in Virginia had hitherto di- vided the patricians from the people , and which seemed as lofty and as ...
... union . In the arduous task which Mr. Lee proposed to himself , of breaking down that wall of proud and perfect separation , which in Virginia had hitherto di- vided the patricians from the people , and which seemed as lofty and as ...
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... union of these two offices in the same person were apparent to all , but to effect their separation , the combined energies of the patriotic party were necessary , directed by Mr. Lee and supported by Mr. Henry . The motion of Mr. Lee ...
... union of these two offices in the same person were apparent to all , but to effect their separation , the combined energies of the patriotic party were necessary , directed by Mr. Lee and supported by Mr. Henry . The motion of Mr. Lee ...
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... union of the colonies offered the only chance of safety . To this outrage on the rights of freemen , temperate remonstrance was first opposed , and the address to the king was moved in the house of burgesses and written by Mr. Lee ...
... union of the colonies offered the only chance of safety . To this outrage on the rights of freemen , temperate remonstrance was first opposed , and the address to the king was moved in the house of burgesses and written by Mr. Lee ...
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... union of counsel and action among all the colonies is undoubtedly neces- sary . The politician of Italy delivered the result of reason and experience , when he proposed the way to contest by division . How to effect this union in the ...
... union of counsel and action among all the colonies is undoubtedly neces- sary . The politician of Italy delivered the result of reason and experience , when he proposed the way to contest by division . How to effect this union in the ...
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Strana 48 - CHRISTIAN King of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce. And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them: thus paying off former...
Strana 46 - July next ; and in the meanwhile, that no time be lost, in case the Congress agree thereto, that a Committee be appointed to prepare a declaration to the effect of the said first resolution...
Strana 4 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Strana 164 - Let them be candidly reviewed under a sense of the difficulty of combining in one general system the various sentiments and interests of a continent divided into so many sovereign and independent communities, under a conviction of the absolute necessity of uniting all our councils and all our strength, to maintain and defend our common liberties...
Strana 287 - ... if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands ? Why not the produce of our lands and everything we possess or make use of ? This we apprehend annihilates our charter right to govern and tax ourselves. It strikes at our British privileges, which, as we have never forfeited them, we hold in common with our fellow subjects who are natives of Britain.
Strana 203 - ... firmly to unite in the abhorrence of all such writings, and measures, as evidence a desire and design to break off the happy connection we have hitherto enjoyed with the kingdom of Great Britain, and our just and necessary subordination to the king, and those who are lawfully placed in authority under him.
Strana 85 - That the people of this State ought to have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof.
Strana 256 - Resolved, That a standing committee, to consist of five members, be appointed to hear and determine upon appeals brought against sentences passed on libels in the Courts of Admiralty in the respective States, agreeable to the resolutions of Congress ; and that the several appeals, when lodged with the secretary, be by him delivered to them for their final determination.
Strana 46 - ... tyranny which desolates her polluted shores. She invites us to prepare an asylum where the unhappy may find solace, and the persecuted repose. She entreats us to cultivate a propitious soil, where that generous plant which first...
Strana 45 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...